The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, retracted its claim of responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack, attributing it to a cyber intrusion. This denial follows international acceptance of India's stance that LeT, backed by Pakistan, was behind the attack. Security sources dismiss the retraction as a ludicrous damage control attempt by Pakistan's ISI to evade accountability.
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